Manor in Żytno, Classicist manor in Żytno, Poland
The Manor in Żytno is a single-storey classicist house with a residential attic, built on a rectangular plan with a two-storey annex on the north side. Its interior follows a two-bay layout with a hall and salon on the axis, and the building is covered by a hipped roof. The facade is marked by a two-storey, four-column Doric portico with a balcony added later, and a large landscape park surrounds the house.
Jan Nepomucen Antoni Siemieński of the Leszczyc coat of arms built the classicist manor between 1819 and 1845; work halted during the November Uprising, in which he fought. A two-storey Neo-Renaissance wing was added at the end of the 19th century. The last owner, Jacek Siemieński (1887–1977), a Sejm deputy, sheltered members of the British Freston mission there during the occupation. After 1945 a primary school occupied the building until the late 1980s.
The manor's name recalls the Siemieński family of the Leszczyc coat of arms, who built it and owned Żytno until 1945. Its great salon with a large library hosted patriotic meetings during preparations for the January Uprising. Today the restored interiors hold boutique rooms, a café and a banquet and conference space.
The manor stands in Żytno, in the Radomsko district of the Łódź region, roughly midway between Łódź and Częstochowa. The building is a single-storey house with a residential attic and a north-side two-storey annex, entered through a four-column Doric portico with a later balcony. It is surrounded by a landscape park, part of which was cut down for a sports field after 1945. The interiors now hold boutique rooms, a café and a banquet and conference space.
The manor's last owner, Jacek Siemieński (1887–1977), was a Sejm deputy and head of the Związek Ziemian; during the occupation he led "Uprawa", an organisation supporting the Home Army, and sheltered members of the British Freston mission at the manor.
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